SCLEROPROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scleroprotein mean? 

• SCLEROPROTEIN (noun)
  The noun SCLEROPROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye

  Familiarity information: SCLEROPROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCLEROPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

albuminoid; scleroprotein

Hypernyms ("scleroprotein" is a kind of...):

simple protein (a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scleroprotein"):

collagen (a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling)

elastin (a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries)

gelatin; gelatine (a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin)

chondrin (a substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water)

ceratin; keratin (a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves)

 Context examples 

A class of fibrous proteins or scleroproteins important both as structural proteins and as keys to the study of protein conformation.

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